Wyrd Sisters
| Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 6th novel – 2nd Witches story Missing image Wyrd-sisters-cover.jpg | |
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| Characters: | Granny Weatherwax Nanny Ogg Magrat Garlick |
| Locations: | Lancre |
| Motifs: | Shakespeare, especially Macbeth and Hamlet |
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| Year of release: | 1988 |
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| Paperback ISBN: | ISBN 0552134600 |
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| Notes: | Came 135th in the Big Read. One of two books made into an animated film. Adapted as a play by Stephen Briggs. |
Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett's sixth Discworld novel, published in 1988, and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Rites.
With a storyline not unlike Macbeth, Wyrd Sisters features three witches: Granny Weatherwax; Nanny Ogg, monarch of a large tribe of Oggs, who owns the most evil cat in the world, (Greebo); and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewellery, even though none of it works.
The King of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, the Duke, and the King's son is thrust into the care of the three witches. The witches fight to restore the true King to the throne, even though the true King would much rather act.
There have been both an animated version and a 4-part BBC Radio 4 dramatisation.
Wyrd Sisters translations
- Посестрими в занаята (Bulgarian)
- Soudné sestry (Czech)
- De Plaagzusters (Dutch)
- Noitasiskokset (Finnish)
- Trois Sœurcičres (French)
- MacBest (German)
- Vészbanyák (Hungarian)
- Örlagasystur (Icelandic)
- Sære søstre (Norwegian)
- Trzy Wiedzmy (Polish)
- As Tręs Bruxas (Portuguese)
- Estranhas Irmăs (Portuguese - Brazil)
- Вещие сестрички (Russian)
- Sestre po metli (Serbian)
- Brujerías (Spanish)
- Häxkonster (Swedish)